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Recognised as Colour

#C8608E

  • #C8608E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#C8608E is a red with RGB values 200, 96, 142 and HSL 333°, 49%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#C8608E#C8608E
HEX#C8608E
RGBrgb(200, 96, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.3765, 0.5569
RGB percentages78.4%, 37.6%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(333.5, 48.6%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.5, 52%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 52%, 29%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,131,918
CSS custom property--colour: #C8608E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#379F71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E778Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#898A8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D55B71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 8.5Hot pink · ΔE 21.4Indian red · ΔE 27.9Light coral · ΔE 28Medium violet red · ΔE 28.1Plum · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60C89A
Analogous#C860C2, #C86660
Triadic#8EC860, #608EC8
Split complementary#60C866, #60C2C8
Tetradic#C2C860, #60C89A, #6660C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF8FA
Lighter +30%#EFD2DF
Lighter +20%#E2ACC4
Lighter +10%#D586A9
Darker −10%#B63F74
Darker −20%#90325C
Darker −30%#6A2543
Darker −40%#44182B
More saturated +25%#E3458B
Less saturated −25%#AD7B91

Channel breakdown

R200
G96
B142
Red200 (78.4%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue333.46°
Saturation (HSL)48.6%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G 60 · B 8E

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